** FAILED PSA & JSA **

Though he was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001, Hilton Smith's Negro Leagues prowess has largely been overlooked in favor of his more flamboyant Kansas City Monarchs teammate, Satchel Paige. Considered a better hitter than Paige and as good as, if not better than, his Hall of Fame teammate on the mound, Smith never played in the Major Leagues, retiring in 1948 at age 41, a year after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Official National League (Feeney) ball has been single-signed by the Hall of Famer in blue ballpoint pen. Ball presents well with only a few toning spots noticed. Signature has been graded....